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  "legislation_title": "The Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009",
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  "text": "The words and abbreviations specified as similar to the words and abbreviations set out in inverted commas in paragraph 1(a) and (b) and the words specified as similar to the words set out in inverted commas in paragraph 1(c) and (d) are any in which—\n(a) one or more characters has been omitted;\n(b) one or more characters, signs, symbols or punctuation has been added; or\n(c) each of one or more characters has been substituted by one or more other characters, signs, symbols or punctuation,\nin such a way as to be likely to mislead the public as to the legal form of a company or business if included in the registered name of the company or in a business name.",
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